A school is the incarnation of ideals to which some people will want to dedicate themselves and their resources. I’ve already written at length on these ideals and their importance, but not to be underestimated is the degree to which some people will want to dedicate their […]
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A school is the incarnation of ideals to which some people will want to dedicate themselves and their resources. I’ve already written at length on these ideals and their importance, but not to be underestimated is the degree to which some people will want to dedicate their […]
Read more →A school is a key locus for social interaction—among students, parents, alums, staff. This almost seems to obvious to mention. Whether the school is day or boarding, in some ways it is a society unto itself. The school is the scene of a million little stories—dramas, romances, […]
Read more →A school is a key locus for social interaction—among students, parents, alums, staff. This almost seems to obvious to mention. Whether the school is day or boarding, in some ways it is a society unto itself. The school is the scene of a million little stories—dramas, romances, […]
Read more →A school is a social enterprise, with obligations to the society that supports it. (And I will admit freely to cribbing this line from the teaser from this article by Lawrence Bacow, Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, and Saran Kaur Gill in The Chronicle of Higher Education, 13 January 2011) […]
Read more →A school is a social enterprise, with obligations to the society that supports it. (And I will admit freely to cribbing this line from the teaser from this article by Lawrence Bacow, Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, and Saran Kaur Gill in The Chronicle of Higher Education, 13 January 2011) […]
Read more →A school is an aspiring utopia: an intentional community driven by ideals. As a community an independent school sets its own standards of behavior based on its own deep principles and values. Students and staff are subject to these standards, which may range from small things like […]
Read more →A school is an aspiring utopia: an intentional community driven by ideals. As a community an independent school sets its own standards of behavior based on its own deep principles and values. Students and staff are subject to these standards, which may range from small things like […]
Read more →A school’s name is shorthand for a set of shared experiences—lived, hoped for—deeply understood across generational and other boundaries. To those who have attended or who have been associated with any independent school, its very name will evoke that experience. To those who hope to be associated […]
Read more →A school is an idea representing an ideal or aspiration. On one level, this is like brand—a set of expectations built around experience—but on a deeper level, this is of course a combination of the ideas and beliefs behind the school’s founding and its current stated mission. […]
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